Falstaff, by Edward Elgar

An image of Music Manuscript. Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68. Elgar, Sir Edward (British, 857-1934). Notes: It is a symphonic poem in the tradition of Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. It portrays Sir John Falstaff, the "fat knight" of William Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. 1913.

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Music Manuscript. Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68. Elgar, Sir Edward (British, 857-1934). Notes: It is a symphonic poem in the tradition of Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. It portrays Sir John Falstaff, the "fat knight" of William Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. 1913.

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Accession Number: MU MS 733
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 722 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
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Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2015:07:29 15:25:52

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